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About a Boy
inkl. Filmanalyse: EinFach Englisch Unterrichtsmodelle
2005
First Published
3.80
Average Rating
300
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Dieses Unterrichtsmodell bezieht sich auf folgende Petersen Taschenbuch/Penguin Book, ISBN 3-88389-145-2 Contents : Die Personen - Der Inhalt - The Author - Vorüberlegungen zum Einsatz des Romans im Unterricht - Klausuren - Konzeption des Unterrichtsmodells Component 1: Boys Will Be What makes a boy a boy? What makes a man a man? - Introduction of the two protagonists - The clash of two different worlds Component 2: The Beginning of an Uncommon The beginning of Marcus' disillusionment with his mother - Will as the good guy? - People who mean it - The visits start - The end of the visits and time for reflection Component 3: Marcus’s and Will’s Changing Relationship and the Discovery of Will grapples his conscience to the ground - Marcus and Ellie strike up a friendship - Christmas at Fiona's place - Will falls in love and Marcus as well - Boys have to be strong - A friend in need is a friend indeed - Marcus' change - Will's change Component 4: Film Casting the film About a Boy - Comic scenes - Modern techniques - The different endings - Watching the complete film Dieses Unterrichtsmodell bezieht sich auf folgende Petersen Taschenbuch/Penguin Book, ISBN 3-88389-145-2 Contents : Die Personen - Der Inhalt - The Author - Vorüberlegungen zum Einsatz des Romans im Unterricht - Klausuren - Konzeption des Unterrichtsmodells Component 1: Boys Will Be What makes a boy a boy? What makes a man a man? - Introduction of the two protagonists - The clash of two different worlds Component 2: The Beginning of an Uncommon The beginning of Marcus' disillusionment with his mother - Will as the good guy? - People who mean it - The visits start - The end of the visits and time for reflection Component 3: Marcus’s and Will’s Changing Relationship and the Discovery of Will grapples his conscience to the ground - Marcus and Ellie strike up a friendship - Christmas at Fiona's place - Will falls in love and Marcus as well - Boys have to be strong - A friend in need is a friend indeed - Marcus' change - Will's change Component 4: Film Casting the film About a Boy - Comic scenes - Modern techniques - The different endings - Watching the complete film
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Author

Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby
Author · 37 books
Nick Hornby is the author of the novels A Long Way Down, Slam, How to Be Good, High Fidelity, and About a Boy, and the memoir Fever Pitch. He is also the author of Songbook, a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award, Shakespeare Wrote for Money, and The Polysyllabic Spree, as well as the editor of the short-story collection Speaking with the Angel. He is a recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ E. M. Forster Award and the winner of the 2003 Orange Word International Writers’ London Award. Among his many other honors and awards, four of his titles have been named New York Times Notable Books. A film written by Hornby, An Education – shown at the Sundance Film Festival to great acclaim – was the lead movie at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival and distributed by Sony that fall. That same September, the author published his latest novel, Juliet, Naked to wide acclaim. Hornby lives in North London.
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